At 292 heavily illustrated pages, our flagship book is the perfect size for any knapsack and the perfect reference manual for anyone seeking a life of passion and revolt. AK Press calls it "an underground bestseller," but as it says in the preface:

"This book isn't designed to be used in the way a 'normal' book is. Rather than reading it from one cover to the other, casting perfunctory votes of disapproval or agreement along the way, and then putting it on the shelf as another inert possession, we hope you will use this as a tool in your own efforts—not just to think about the world, but also to change it. This book is composed of ideas and images we've remorselessly stolen and adjusted to our purposes, and we hope you'll do exactly the same with its contents.

"As for the contents themselves: we've limited ourselves for the most part to criticism of the established order, because we trust you to do the rest. Heaven is a different place for everyone; hell, at least this particular one, we inhabit in common. This book is supposed to help you analyze and disassemble this world—what you build for yourself in it's place is in your hands, although we've offered some general ideas of where to start. Remember: the destructive impulse is also a creative one . . . happy smashing! "

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reviews

“A manifesto for building a new world that should be on the bookshelf of every idealist, student, punk rocker, worker and ex-worker, poet, and lover.”

“Less of a novel and more of an exploded manifesto, Days
of War, Nights of Love might be just what we need.
It is the type of book you'd thumb through in the
store and actually want to buy (or steal). Avoiding
the "thin gruel of narrative," the book
instead gleefully mashed appropriated art pieces with
personal testimonyreconfigured Frank Miller
comic panels shout, "Face it, your politics are
boring as fuck!" Whether you agree or not, there's
a refreshing quality to a book that offers the same
amount of information to both the serious reader and
casual browser, because despite steady sales of The
Revolution of Everday Life and Nation of Ulysses
CDs, most of us are still living lives that are frustratingly
incomplete.

“The
past four centuries are all fodder for this new manifesto,
everythingfrom the Unabomber to the Smiths,
Henry Miller to the German J2M movement, Kalahari
bushmen to Natural Born Killersfinds its way
on the pages. Such voracious stealing from history
and applying as needed becomes not just a practice,
but a saving grace. By never labeling themselves punks
or new Dadaists and instead stealing all manner of
praxis and pranks, CrimethInc. remains elusive, avoiding
pitfalls that toppled previous revolutionaries. Beloved
nihilistic comic characters Milk & Cheese re-emerge
as Soy Milk & Tofu to offer shoplifting as the
true antidote to capitalism. the book is simultaneously
tongue-in-cheek and as serious as getting up in the
morning for work, yet avoids the inherent alienation
of most historical and cultural texts (whose authors
they dismiss as careerist historicizers").

“Topics
range from anarchy to hierarchy, work to sex, alienation
to liberation and technology, but every page burns
with a passion for a freer life. Lies, exaggerations
and blatant plagiarisms mix freely with passionate
arguments. Nadia admits on page 171 that this may
all "sound like anarcho-mystical academic nonsense
(which it is of coursefreedom cannot be understood
except through mysticism!)," but the CrimethInc.
workers do weave a good spell. Who disputes obvious,
but unvoiced concerns like, "We pay rent before
we live there a month. But we get paid 1-4 weeks after
doing the work."? Other essays walk a precarious
line between arrogant and inspiring: activists are
taken to task for being dull and guilty; radicals
and artists as excrement peddlers, forever squirreling
moments away for their next product. Too Harsh? Or
a necessary critique?

“The
books vehement insistence that living is more important
than art carries the argument beyond the typical debate.
When you make it to the end, the personal testimonials
about not working and the closing art pieces become
an aria of voices urging you to close the book and
live. Glorious, even for the most cynical reader.
What more can we ask from a book? Whether or not you
buy it probably depends on what you thought of the
last Refused LPrevolutionary cannibals or well-dressed
poseurs? Well-read former straight-edge kids or new
messiahs? Don't think too hard about itthe book
warns from page one, 'This book will not save
your life; that my friend is up to you.'”

“'This
is how we have came to be the ones to fire the first
shots of the third and final World War, the war which
will be fought for total liberation.' So the book
begins, beautifully written and crafted—Days
of War, Nights of Love breathes a vision of living
life for every sunset and every star, for every kiss
and for every brick thrown, not for consuming or buying
and selling. This book tells a story of a future that
is attainable only if we look to ourselves to create
it, a life of living for the beauty of things, for
living life like every day is your last. The writing
is both poetic and inspiring, not only criticizing
the world we live in today but also provides a broad
vision of a more just and liberating world. It is
broken up into various sections. Writings are on a
wide variety of topics from sex to consumerism to
theft to love to anarchism and hierarchy. It consists
mostly of essays and writings from the free newspaper
Harbinger, also put out by the CrimethInc collective.
What makes it so complete is the beautiful layout
and artwork that graces each page. Days of War,
Nights of Love is arguably one of the most inspiring
and liberating books that I’ve read in a long time,
a book that I find myself going back to again and
again, to suck the marrow out of it and collapse within
its wonderfully crafted words. A manifesto for building
a new world that should be on the bookshelf of every
idealist, student, punk rocker, worker and ex-worker,
poet, and lover. 'And life is waiting for you with
us, on the peaks of unclimbed mountains, in the smoke
of campfires and burning buildings, in the arms of
lovers who will turn your world upside down. Come
join us'”

“Wow!
This is impressive! Every inch screams for you to
pick it up. Close to
300 pages with new-school cut-and-paste layout. They
broke it up into sections, each focusing on a different
aspect of life; for example, W is for Work, G is for
Gender, F is for Freedom, etc. It covers capitalism,
media, love, left, death, anarchy, culture, sex, technology,
history, politics, and so on. The writing is the usual
CrimethInc. styledown to earth, direct, logical,
passionate, and overflowing with kick-your-ass energy.
It’s a new approach to older, dry academic anarchist
theories and essays rewritten and added to, so as
to hold relevance in our age and reality. The graphics
are equal counterparts to the text, and some pieces
have a strong similarity to the art used by the Situationists
of the 60's, taking comic strips and adding ironic
political text. They strongly encourage the reprinting
of any parts of the book which is always a rad "fuck
you" to traditional copyright beliefs. Its the
kind of book that after you finish reading it, you
can't get over to a friends house fast enough to recommend
that they read it too and pass it on. It holds things
that everyone needs to take to heart when pondering
about life. So, enough of my recommendation babbling,
get that eight dollars in the mail and get ready for
this.”

Early versions of many of the texts inDays of War, Nights of Love can be
found in our Reading Library.

Tech specs

Size:
5.5" x 8.5" x .75"

Weight:
.9 pounds

Pages:
292 + cover

Ink:
Full-color on cover and black w/ full bleeds throughout.

Words:
68,361

Illustrations:
127

Photographs:
52

Index:
Yes

Contents

Preface: What is a "CrimethInc."?
Foreword by NietzsChe Guevara
I. A Short History of the CrimethInc. Workers' Collective
II. Important Documents: A CrimethInc. Contra-diction-ary
A is for Anarchy
B is for the Bourgeoisie
C is for Capitalism, and for Culture
D is for Death, and for Domestication
F is for Freedom
G is for Gender
H is for History, for Hygiene, and for Hypocrisy
I is for Identity, for Ideology, and for Image
L is for Love
M is for their Media, for Movement, and for Myth
P is for Plagiarism, for Politics, and for Production
S id for Sex, and for Space
T is for Technology, and for Theft; and finally,
W is for Work
III. Conclusion: Anywhere Out of This World
Afterwor(l)d by Gloria Cubana
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors